(Carissa)
I asked Helen to repeat her report. The chief maid obeyed me. She said the type of capsule and its function. She got the information from her friend who worked at the hospital. I swallowed hard because it was difficult to accept the reality.
"It is what you asked for." Helen placed a small box on the table. "The medicine is tasteless and odorless."
"Thank you, Helen. You may rest," I said.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The woman bowed and left the room.
Duncan and his colleagues questioned all the servants, warriors, cooks, and doctors, but none of them could provide a satisfactory answer. After fourteen years of marriage, Davina hadn't conceived. Who would have thought the answer was in my hands?
I glanced at the door. Would the king not sleep with me? Why hadn't he come? I wanted
